. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Birds; Natural history; Oiseaux; Sciences naturelles. (iUKV rAlilluT r!:illiu-i,x initliKrHS. The Grey Parrot has long boon celebrated for its wonderful powers of imitation and us excellent memory. It is a native of Western Africa, and is one of the commonest inhabitants of our aviaries, being brought over in great numbers by sailors, and always findiii"- a ready sale as soon as tlie vessel arrives in port. Unlbrtunately the nautical vocabulary is none of tlic iu(,st^refined, and the sailors have a malicious ph asure in teaching the birds to
. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Birds; Natural history; Oiseaux; Sciences naturelles. (iUKV rAlilluT r!:illiu-i,x initliKrHS. The Grey Parrot has long boon celebrated for its wonderful powers of imitation and us excellent memory. It is a native of Western Africa, and is one of the commonest inhabitants of our aviaries, being brought over in great numbers by sailors, and always findiii"- a ready sale as soon as tlie vessel arrives in port. Unlbrtunately the nautical vocabulary is none of tlic iu(,st^refined, and the sailors have a malicious ph asure in teaching the birds to repeat some ot the startling of their The worst nf the niattei- is, that the Parrot's liieinory is wonderfully tenacious, and even after the lapse of years, and in siiite of the inost traimng, the bird is apt to break out suddenly with a string of very reprehen- sihle ()l)servations affecting the ey(>s, limbs, and general persons of his hearers' ihere IS no doiiljt that the Parrot learns in course of time to attach some amount of moaning to the words which it repeats, for the instances of its apposite answers are too nuinerous convincing t., prove that the bird knows the general sense of the 11 not tlie exiict force of e;ich w<ud. 1 am unwilling to reproduce narratives which I have already published, and therefore rcbtnct myself to one or two original anecdotes. M M 2 m m 4 H5i %. ,1. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Wood, J. G. (John George), 1827-1889. London : Routledge, Warne, and Routledge
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